Our group member Jessica Perrero has received the 3rd best poster prize in the Paris Internaional School on Advanced Computational Materials 2022, where she presented the work on Non-energetic ethanol formation via CCH reaction with interstellar H2O ices. Very top!

In the context of the AstroChemical Origins (ACO ITN H2020 project, http://www.aco-itn.org)]http://www.aco-itn.org  , the DOC ERC (https://doc.osug.fr/), the SIRC ANR (https://francoisdulieu.wixsite.com/sirc-anr) and the ERC QuantumGrain project (https://www.quantumgrain.eu/), we are organizing a conference entitled «Chemical Processes in Solar-type Star-Forming Regions», in Toulouse, France, 5-9th of June 2023.

The website (https://aco-conference2023.sciencesconf.org/) will be opened for registration on September 1st, 2022.

Eloy Peña-Asensio has been awarded the Extraordinary Youth Award 2021 of Cartagena, his hometown, which is granted every year by the City of Cartagena through the Department of Youth. He has been received by the Mayor, Noelia Arroyo, and the Councilor for Youth, David Martínez Noguera.

Most of the QUANTUMGRAIN members attended and participated in the Workshop in Interstellar Matter 2021, a hybrid event organized by the Naoki Watanabe’s Group of the Institute of Low Temperature of Sapporo (ILTS). Very interesting meeting.

Let’s see if next time we can attend in person!

Our member, Joan Enrique-Romero, has defended successfully his PhD thesis entitled «Surface chemistry of molecules of astrophysical interest: theory and simulations» in cotutelle and supervised by Cecilia Ceccarellia (Univ. Grenoble) and Albert Rimola (Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona). Great thesis, great defense and… great party afterwards!

The group has participated in the International Conference on Computational Science and its Application held in Cagliari 13-16 September.

Two of our members, Berta Martínez-Bachs and Jessica Perrero, gave a talk about their latest work.

QuantumGrain has attended the 2nd ACO network school which was held in Padova (12-16 July 2021), where our PI gave a beautiful lesson on theoretical calculations for astronomers. Fruitful (and funny) time with great young (and not so young) scientists!

The group has participated in the ACO-DOC congress entitled «Chemical processes in Solar-type star forming regions» which was held in Torino 13-17 September 2021. It’s been a honor to attend this excellent conference. Meeting with friends and discussing with colleagues after this long time has been a real pleasure!